tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post7792685899940353358..comments2023-07-28T09:17:44.526-05:00Comments on The Psaltery: I've had itPsalmisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844681463669483309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-66966065913286854782008-01-11T18:05:00.000-06:002008-01-11T18:05:00.000-06:00BLESS YOUR HEART and thank you for this. It troub...BLESS YOUR HEART and thank you for this. It troubles me too -- and also in part because I'm a hair-trigger judger myself.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-80765923491319928322008-01-11T17:03:00.000-06:002008-01-11T17:03:00.000-06:00I like anon's comment. I hadn't thought that thro...I like anon's comment. I hadn't thought that through in the way he/she did, but I've seen, living in a small town, how I later need to have a relationship with certain people who annoyed me. Good thing that in a small town, you bump into people in different contexts, so you get to know them as real people, from a 360 viewpoint. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm a "judger" by nature, but I sure hope that people don't judge me as quickly as I judge them.<BR/><BR/>Of course, being a Lutheran, I'm probably a bit more open minded on faith issues than some people in some other groups. <BR/><BR/>My former pastor came across as "liberal" to some people because he had seen much of the world, and therefore, he wasn't closed minded. Yet he had a really deep faith. His faith was deep enough to embrace differences and questions.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-27391853773472472152008-01-11T14:53:00.000-06:002008-01-11T14:53:00.000-06:00Wow, don't know what started THIS, but I agree wit...Wow, don't know what started THIS, but I agree with you. Here's my issue with "judging" obviously, lest ye be judged, but moreso:<BR/>What if you judge someone? You've frozen them in time and eternity to that one elemental singular view. And, you know what I've found after 30 years in ministry? People change. They grow. They faulter. They regrow and evolve. They become more like Christ. But if we judge them, we've pronounced a lifetime sentence on them. WRONG. I agree with all you have said. And, I also think you are one of the best communicators I have read in blog-dom!<BR/>PaisleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29493438.post-7527009294682388652008-01-11T12:32:00.000-06:002008-01-11T12:32:00.000-06:00Thanks for the reminder of Rom. 8:1. My favorite ...Thanks for the reminder of Rom. 8:1. My favorite verse is Rom 5:8. That is sort of the same concept from the flip side. <BR/><BR/>And....isn't there a LOT about not judging in the NT?LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com